In class on Monday we talked about the concept of digital blackface, particularly via animated reaction Gifs. Recently, I read a similar article discussing white people using dark-skinned emojis.<\/a> She merely poses the question and tries to get a specturm of answers which I thought was pretty cool. For example, Leslie Miley, a pretty outspoken and well-known advocate for diversity and inclusion in tech said absolutely not, adding “my blackness is not for your entertainment.” Others clarified they will only use emojis of a race other than their own when speaking the third person.<\/p>\n

The author’s own mother had a different interpretation, saying that as a black woman she feels okay with it because it shows solidarity. A similar take was that it feels weird to use symbols like a white fist when texting specifically about civil rights topics because of that symbol’s association with white supremacy. The author also took a poll which I thought was pretty neat.<\/p>\n

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Is it for white people to use darker skin-tone emoji?<\/p>\n

— Megan Rose Dickey (@meganrosedickey) September 29, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n